Space Adventures

Manned Spaceflight Capsule Size Comparisons Another great Skabek...

tomnshelley — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:36:00 -0400

Manned Spaceflight Capsule Size Comparisons

Another great Skabek (www.skrabek.com) infographic, this time showing the different sizes of manned spaceflight capsules. It’s missing the Boeing CST-100, but we have asked him to add this, and we’ll re-publish once this is included.

Rockets of Human Spaceflight Great infographic showing the...

tomnshelley — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:11:20 -0400

Rockets of Human Spaceflight

Great infographic showing the different rockets that have made (and will continue to make) human spaceflight possible. Developed by Tyler Skrabek of www.skrabek.com.

The March/April edition of Aloft magazine, published by the...

tomnshelley — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:29:00 -0400

The March/April edition of Aloft magazine, published by the Seattle Museum of Flight contained the great graphic on how private companies are filling the gaps in American Spaceflight capability. I hope you agree that the future is very bright!

.pdf available at http://www.spaceadventures.com/uploads/Aloft_Filling_the_void.pdf

NOVA PBS "Earth from Space" - in case you missed it

tomnshelley — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:17:48 -0500

See the Earth from a completely different perspective - from the satellites in space. http://video.pbs.org/video/2334144059/

You can see the ISS from your house!

tomnshelley — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:40:41 -0500

Did you know you can see the International Space Station from your house? Now NASA is providing an email update service to let you know exactly when. Very cool!

http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Where have we been in space - 50 Years of Space Exploration. I...

tomnshelley — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:40:56 -0400

Where have we been in space - 50 Years of Space Exploration. I missed this very cool graphic when it was first published 3 years ago. Original at http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcrowe/4002050596/in/set-72157622579426670/

Space is the new black.

tomnshelley — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:47:29 -0400

(We always knew it was cool!)

Great article by Wilson da Silva, looking back at an awesome summer for space - capped off by Felix Baumgartner’s awesome jump!

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/space-is-the-new-black-20121016-27o43.html

Great video to refresh your memory on how gravity works.

tomnshelley — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:42:25 -0400

Great video to refresh your memory on how gravity works.

Great Popular Mechanics story about Planetary Resources and...

tomnshelley — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:34:41 -0400

Great Popular Mechanics story about Planetary Resources and “How to Mine an Asteroid”. http://goo.gl/vHqIo

Why explore space? A letter written in 1970 by NASA's Dr. Stuhlinger. Still relevant today.

tomnshelley — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:38:32 -0400

Why explore space? A letter written in 1970 by NASA's Dr. Stuhlinger. Still relevant today.

Congratulations to Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada on securing CCiCap awards

tomnshelley — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:28:06 -0400

Space Adventures’ partner Boeing, secured a $460 million award as part of NASA’s CCiCap program to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of government astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. Through Space Adventures, Boeing will also make flights to space available to private citizens on their CST-100 vehicle.

The other two award recipients are:

Sierra Nevada Corporation, Louisville, Colo., $212.5 million
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Hawthorne, Calif., $440 million

More at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2012/release-20120803.html.

Watch the YouTube Space Lab winning experiments launch to the ISS tonight

tomnshelley — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:16:01 -0400

Watch the YouTube Space Lab winning experiments launch to the ISS tonight:

Japan’s HTV-3 is due to launch the YouTube SpaceLab winning experiments to the ISS at 10.06pm EDT tonight from the Tanegashima Space Center. Watch live on NASA TV.

Awesome shot of the Soyuz TMA-05M launch taken by Carla...

tomnshelley — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:17:20 -0400

Awesome shot of the Soyuz TMA-05M launch taken by Carla Cioffi/NASA. This launch carried Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station on Sunday July 15, 2012.

Apollo Soyuz - a landmark anniversary

tomnshelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:12:00 -0400

Exactly 37 years ago today, American and Russian spacecraft docked in space for the first time as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The auspicious event symbolized a new era for what had long been competitive rivalry – The Space Race. Today, the American and Russian space industries are closely integrated. With the end of NASA’s space shuttle program last July, American astronauts now rely on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for transport to the International Space Station. Likewise, all private citizens who have traveled to space through Space Adventures (an American company) did so on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Manned spaceflight has now reached another level of competitiveness. While government space agencies deepen their collaboration, a new private space race has started. As private companies race to provide spaceflight opportunities to NASA and private citizens on orbital and suborbital vehicles, many ask who will the winner be. The winner undoubtedly will be any person who has a dream of flying to space in their lifetime. The astronauts of the Apollo Soyuz era only had one way of achieving their dream, and through a mix of incredible skill and good fortune were able to achieve it. Dreamers of today will have a wide array of choice on how to best achieve their own dream.

Attaining the unobtainable

tomnshelley — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:36:42 -0400

The voyage into space once seemed like something out of a science fiction novel. Luckily, it’s now becoming a reality, and is approaching at lightning speeds. With many private space firms evolving rapidly, and at a staggering pace, our future involving the final frontier is heading towards that of a booming industry in space tourism. By turning the idea of space travel away from primarily government based missions, and towards independent and private companies, we are enabling a broader audience to be reached and impacted.

The first achievement of its kind, in Private Spaceflight, took place when Space Adventures arranged the flight of Dennis Tito to the International Space Station in 2001. Dennis became the first private citizen to pay their own way into space, and with it coined the term Space Tourist. Dennis has since been followed by no less than six other private citizens who have completed seven private missions to space.

A next great achievement took place in May this year when SpaceX’s Dragon debuted its abilities, and became the first privately developed spacecraft ever to dock with the International Space Station, and later return to Earth. Causing a great stir, the competition in Private Spaceflight has been rising quickly, as the pressure continues to intensify.

SpaceX is joined by Boeing (partnered with Space Adventures), Sierra Nevada, and Blue Origin in the race to commercial service to Earth orbit, while Virgin Galactic, XCOR and Armadillo Aerospace (partnered with Space Adventures) are racing to take fare paying passengers on brief trips into suborbital space. All of these companies, and more, are showing great promise in the future of space tourism. By continuing to encourage friendly rivalry, we not only push ourselves closer to our goal, but also help each other as a whole in conquering our shared dreams. By continuing to progress, we can hope that someday the majority of people can participate in Space Exploration. One day, in the not too distant future, planning a trip to the Final Frontier will be looked at as casually as planning a trip to the Bahamas.

And just eight days to go until YouTube SpaceLab winners Dorothy...

tomnshelley — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:54:38 -0400

And just eight days to go until YouTube SpaceLab winners Dorothy and Sarah’s experiment launches to the International Space Station as well.

Just eight days to go until YouTube Space Lab winner Amr’s...

tomnshelley — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:51:07 -0400

Just eight days to go until YouTube Space Lab winner Amr’s experiment launches to the International Space Station.

A stunning video of the Venus transit of the Sun taken by...

tomnshelley — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:51:48 -0400

A stunning video of the Venus transit of the Sun taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Extraordinary!

An amazing photo of the Venus transit of the Sun as taken by...

tomnshelley — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:06:02 -0400

An amazing photo of the Venus transit of the Sun as taken by Astronaut Don Petit from on-board the International Space Station.

One of an amazing set of photos published by The Atlantic,...

tomnshelley — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:24:42 -0400

One of an amazing set of photos published by The Atlantic, looking at the Russian space program. This one was taken by US astronaut Don Petit from on board the International Space Station.